(Photograph from Derbyshire Courier 28th April 1917)
Steeples, James, Private 15901, 12th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Disembarked for service 29th August 1915 Born: Swanwick, Derbyshire Enlisted: Bolsover, Derbyshire Resided: Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts Killed in action 12th April 1917 Buried in Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension, Grave Reference: IV A 3
Register of Births 1837 – 1915 Born 1877
1911 Census A coal miner hewer Boarding at the home of John Henry Middleton, a coal miner hewer, of Scarcliffe, Derbyshire
Article reporting James Steeples' death, Derbyshire Courier 28th April 1917
Steeples, James, Private 15901, 12th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Disembarked for service 29th August 1915
Born: Swanwick, Derbyshire
Enlisted: Bolsover, Derbyshire
Resided: Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts
Killed in action 12th April 1917
Buried in Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension, Grave Reference: IV A 3
Register of Births 1837 – 1915
Born 1877
1911 Census
A coal miner hewer
Boarding at the home of John Henry Middleton, a coal miner hewer, of Scarcliffe, Derbyshire
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